The 2013 Healing Circle Run/Walk will occur from July 13-19, 2013. The run/walk will connect eight Ojibwe reservations in northern Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota (see map) starting at the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation and ending at Lac du Flambeau on July 13 (Day 1), then ending at Mole Lake on July 14 (Day 2), at Lac Vieux Desert on July 15 (Day 3), at Bad River/Red Cliff on July 16 (Day 4), at Fond du Lac/Black Bear Casino on July 17 (Day 5), at St. Croix on July 18 (Day 6), and at Lac Courte Oreilles on July 19 (Day 7).

For more information or if you are interested in participating as a core runner, or having a group of runners from your reservation participate, please contact Jenny Krueger, Sue Lemieux, or Neil Kmiecik at GLIFWC at (715) 682-6619. All participants must assume personal liability, as well as responsibility for their own transportation and expenses.

I participated in this event for a few days in 2011 and had a wonderful experience. Participants range from young children to elders and both walkers and runners. Some people go for only one day and others for the whole week. I hope to join this event again one of these summers.